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Phil Surette
@philsurette.bsky.social
Canadian father of two grown-ass kids. OG D&D player. Former software developer. Board gamer. Nature lover- kayak, run, swim, bike, hike. Animal lover. Dogs make me smile. Vegetarian forever. Mind shaped by bookwormish youth.
It looks like my kayaking through the slushy lake earlier this winter has a curious effect on the way the ice formed near my putin spot. I had fun playing with Gimp to enhance to make the rings more apparent.

#Gimp #IceFormation
December 18, 2024 at 10:51 PM
A lot of (almost all?) other countries have gone with a simpler approach to solving the problem of irresponsible gun owners... Seems like regulation is both unpopular and not working 😞
December 17, 2024 at 5:04 AM
A fun take on the rise of disinformation and reversion to more unenlightened times. I give you... the Four Horsemen of the Epistemocalypse!

And it feels like they are, mostly, men. 🙄
December 17, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Rich people using power to cement their control pretty much describes _all_ of history! We we in an brief period of enlightenment that started a couple hundred years ago for a select few... but beware the four hoserment of the Epistemocalypse!
December 17, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Best Movies ever:
Pulp Fiction
Oh Brother Where Art though (any cohen bros)
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Wicked

Now... reverse the order.

Go see Wicked.

#Oz #Wicked
December 16, 2024 at 5:21 AM
Furry friends are out and about
December 13, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Winter
December 10, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Monday. Saturday. Winter done come and put its feet up on the table. This is already more winter than the past two years together. And it's not even January (20) yet 🙄
December 7, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Is the barnier a new unit of measure in the calculus of political misfortune? 1 barnier ~= 2 liz truss ~= 8 scaramucci.
December 6, 2024 at 6:17 PM
The rest is history is my favorite podcast right now. Almost fell out of my kayak a listening to episode 156. Brits face off against Spanish 122-gun 3-deckers, largest ships in the world. Excited British officer's reaction: "by my soul, they are thumpers!" @theresthistory.bsky.social #AiArt
December 6, 2024 at 5:53 PM
I'm in quebec but love the kawarthas and this liminal time between cold and frozen lakes.
December 6, 2024 at 3:34 AM
I'm staying by a lake that started to freeze two days ago, then 30cm of snow fell, creating sheets of icy slush. Overnight, a massive sheet of iceslush drifted from the south side of the lake to the north side, and this happened...
#FirstPost #WinterIsHere #WinterKayaking
December 6, 2024 at 3:27 AM